# Seattle Festival of Improv Theater Hearing the sinister canned chuckles of network television in your dreams? The denizens of the improv world want to remind you what true, deep, call-an-ambulance-honey-I-think-I-just-busted-a-rib laughter feels like. Spanning four nights and two theaters, eleven troupes will deliver high-caliber (and lowbrow) humor. Stewarded by Emo Phillips, the festival will feature national acts like his duo BassImprov, "Dirty Water," a band of anything-goes barflies from South Boston, and "Loose Screws" from Hawaii with a 45-minute improvised kabuki play, as well as homegrown talent from Wing-It and Unexpected Productions. As with any improv show, it's mostly what the audience chooses to make of it; think of the festival as your chance to play director to dozens of live actors, helpless to resist. See Web site for complete schedule. JENNA NAND Historic University Theater, 5510 University Way N.E., www.seattleimprov.com. $15 (all-access pass $45). 8 & 10:30 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 15-Sun., Feb. 18.

The Twilight Zone Stagings of two episodes of the TV suspense series which center on writing: "The Obsolete Man" and "A World of His Own." Theater Schmeater, 1500 Summit Ave., 800-838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com. $10-$12. 11 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Ends Feb. 17.

# Piece of You An offhand comment in the diaries of heiress Barbara Hutton led to Sue Peters' first full-length play: Hutton mentions a night in January 1955 spent with the then-unknown James Dean, and Peters imagines what went on in that hotel room in a thoughtful, stylish character study. Live Girls! Theater, 2220 N.W. Market St., 800-838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com. $12 (pay-what-you-can Mon.). 7:30 p.m. Mon., Fri.-Sat.Ends Feb. 24.